Letter to the Dean of Science, UQ. Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/letter-to-the-dean-of-science-uq.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 5 Apr 2026 01:42 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Dr Anonymous [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12126028?utm_medium=rss The Queensland Library was the envy of Universities throughout the World. Lets hope it is not destroyed by any more such acts of vandalism.

]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 06:42:06 UTC 12126028 Dr Anonymous [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076769?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:01:28 UTC 11076769 A/Prof Paul Ebert [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11064555?utm_medium=rss The books that were made available to be given away seemed to be mostly junk. The books that were apparently pulped included texts of real value. The librarian actively excluded scientists from the decision-making process and then had trouble determining the scientific value of the books that were discarded. This is not surprising and it makes the University look stupid. Bad move.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:22:50 UTC 11064555 Dr Diana Fisher [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11064297?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:01:52 UTC 11064297 Ms Robyn Stonell [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11062015?utm_medium=rss It's extremely disappointing to hear that science literature in general, but more particularly geology literature, is judged so unimportant. It concerns me that this is a reflection of the general attitude of the university towards those areas of study that attract fewer students and hence less profit.

The uni should be about developing and retaining knowledge, and the recent action seems to be completely contrary to that goal.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:15:54 UTC 11062015 Ms Leah Carr [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060952?utm_medium=rss This is a bit disgraceful.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:19:11 UTC 11060952 Dr Anonymous [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060840?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:09:27 UTC 11060840 Mrs Jo Penning [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060791?utm_medium=rss We study in pursuit of knowledge. Literature contains that knowledge, and therefore all literature has worth and is worth holding on to. To discard literature is to discard knowledge and deny students advancement in their pursuit of it.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:33:18 UTC 11060791 Ms Ellia Guy [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060767?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:09:21 UTC 11060767 Ms Lexie Walker [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060433?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:25:26 UTC 11060433 Jon McCArthy [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060413?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:12:06 UTC 11060413 Ms Lara Furst [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060219?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:33:46 UTC 11060219 Dr Anonymous [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060182?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:20:48 UTC 11060182 Ms Melissa Williams [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11060178?utm_medium=rss As UQ alumni, I am concerned that current and future students will not have access to the same comprehensive range of resources I could access during my studies. Alsok as a continuing UQ library member, I would like to be sure that I can access the best resources possible that I might require.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:18:30 UTC 11060178 Alice Yeates [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11058568?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:14:23 UTC 11058568 Mr Peter Bond [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11057540?utm_medium=rss It appears very little research has been conducted to ensure there is an oline or electronic versions of rare or probably by now out of print books or journals that have been transcribed from foreign language at great expense to the tax payer. Only to find there is no such textbook, journal or publication available electronically or online and in English.

You don't need a PhD to work that one out

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:21:04 UTC 11057540 Dr Anonymous [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056660?utm_medium=rss The head librarian has committed an appalling travesty. This callous disregard for the curation and presentation of valuable knowledge gives lie to the proposal that UQ is an internationally competitive research university that values scholarship. The head librarian should be ashamed of himself and should resign.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:44:32 UTC 11056660 Pascale Eisenmann [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056616?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:29:37 UTC 11056616 Mark Bonner [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056461?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:29:37 UTC 11056461 Ms Lyn Beard [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056444?utm_medium=rss It is disturbing that this "re-arrangement" of libraries was commenced without any consultation with affected parties (students and staff in Biological Sciences found out by accident). It is even more disturbing that when we did become aware, the assurances we were given that proper processes would be followed and no valuable material would be destroyed, were obviously empty.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:19:15 UTC 11056444 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056442?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:18:11 UTC 11056442 Miss Gloria Goh [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056432?utm_medium=rss I was quite surprised when the Biosciences Library had it contents relocated to Dorothy Hill as I had heard nothing about it, but if what has been alleged about the discarded material is true then it is truly disappointing and unfair.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:14:00 UTC 11056432 Mr Patrick York [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056416?utm_medium=rss Throwing out books is never a good idea.

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:04:01 UTC 11056416 Ms Lois Eden [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056380?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:48:47 UTC 11056380 Mr Ned Martin [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056361?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:36:43 UTC 11056361 Anonymous [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056360?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:36:08 UTC 11056360 Ms Andrea Schaul [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056286?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:46:56 UTC 11056286 Mr Jerome Delamare Deboutteville [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056139?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:48:42 UTC 11056139 Miss Penelope Mills [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056118?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:40:58 UTC 11056118 Miss Jessica Vogt [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056062?utm_medium=rss I think it is terrible that staff and student's were not consulted whatsoever... and then that we had to beg to be able to save these books from destruction.
How could an institute of such high reputation be happy to destroy knowledge so easily!

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:18:49 UTC 11056062 Miss Krishna-Lila Shastri [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056036?utm_medium=rss I was doing my honours at the time this was occuring and I had many conerns as did my fellow science students. I am very disappointed at the way this took place. I feel that it undermines and under values the sciences at UQ. I relied heavily on this facility for books, and I am disappointed that science student have been dispossessed of their learning space and their collection of learning materials without any proper compensation or consultation.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:08:00 UTC 11056036 Dr Yan Li [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055994?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:51:48 UTC 11055994 Dr. Margaret Mayfield [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055975?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:42:23 UTC 11055975 Miss Tara Steele [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055955?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:32:49 UTC 11055955 Miss Anonymous [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055954?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:31:30 UTC 11055954 Miss Rosa Armitage [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055923?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:17:50 UTC 11055923 Dr David Merritt [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055909?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:11:43 UTC 11055909 Marie Bigot [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055907?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:11:30 UTC 11055907 Miss Sophie Connors [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055896?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:08:54 UTC 11055896 Ms Daniela Parra [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055821?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:37:00 UTC 11055821 Dr. Scarla Weeks [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055814?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:34:15 UTC 11055814 Mr Takuya Iwamura [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055772?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:20:02 UTC 11055772 Kerryn Carter [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055743?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:09:17 UTC 11055743 Miss Sigrid Hillier [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055727?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:05:23 UTC 11055727 Mr Matthew Hayes [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055718?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:01:53 UTC 11055718 Natalie Schimpf [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055692?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:52:40 UTC 11055692 Dr Thomas Cribb [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055680?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:47:16 UTC 11055680 Ms Lauren Kaye [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055663?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:43:17 UTC 11055663 Ms Margrethe Maersk-Moeller [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055652?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:40:25 UTC 11055652 Mr Brent King [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055641?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:36:53 UTC 11055641 carla pereira [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055622?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:31:57 UTC 11055622 Mr Barry Ale [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055613?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:29:31 UTC 11055613 Ms Reanna Willis [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055574?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:19:38 UTC 11055574 Anonymous [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055538?utm_medium=rss Very sad management

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:08:02 UTC 11055538 Ms Corinna L. Lange [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055533?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:06:50 UTC 11055533 Dr Alastair Harborne [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055513?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:59:42 UTC 11055513 Dr David Booth [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055511?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:59:18 UTC 11055511 Ms Renee Rossini [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055481?utm_medium=rss Although I doubt anything we say now will change the state of libraries, I would like to say that the changes that have been made have severely hindered my ability to perform the duties I am paid to do, wasting my time and the Universities money.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:50:42 UTC 11055481 Sassan Asgari [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055465?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:44:47 UTC 11055465 Mr Anonymous [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055435?utm_medium=rss The removal and destruction of books is a barbaric act that I am strongly opposed to. Shame on the university for engaging in this destruction of knowledge.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:34:42 UTC 11055435 Ms Sarah Pausina [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055430?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:33:57 UTC 11055430 Dr Anne Kemp [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055421?utm_medium=rss Very early in the process, the PSE library threw out a valuable old book, and told me that this did not matter as it was available electronically. That is no substitute for the original.

]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:31:44 UTC 11055421 Mr Daniel Moran [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11055408?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:26:38 UTC 11055408 Dr Karen Samonds [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11008980?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:32:56 UTC 11008980 Mr. Connor Lewis [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11006600?utm_medium=rss The disregard for science and reason is commiting intellectual suicide.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:13:27 UTC 11006600 Dr. Brian Beatty [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11000958?utm_medium=rss Dear Dr. Walker,
As a professor at an institution whose libraries are not substantial, I am very disappointed in the actions of UQ's libraries. Off-site storage, or even selling off collections, would have been better alternatives than throwing them out. For an educational institution to destroy books in this way is appalling and contrary to institutional goals. Please do something about this.
Sincerely,
Brian Beatty

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:33:39 UTC 11000958 Ms Angela Lawton [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10978016?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:35:49 UTC 10978016 Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10974123?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:29:35 UTC 10974123 Mr Anthony Romilio [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10973526?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:46:49 UTC 10973526 MR Andrew Miles [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10973394?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:32:58 UTC 10973394 Mrs Alia Kanani [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10973182?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:03:39 UTC 10973182 Ms Anonymous [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10972808?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 03:44:59 UTC 10972808 Mr Matthew Lybolt [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10972219?utm_medium=rss This seems very unlike a first-rate University library.

]]> Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:49:29 UTC 10972219 Mrs. Ruthie Jewell [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10971312?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:48:53 UTC 10971312 Dr Maria del Carmen Gomez Cabrera [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10971269?utm_medium=rss The Faculty of Science should at least issue an apology for the destruction of valuable resources and try to restore to the collection the books/journals lost

]]> Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:34:18 UTC 10971269 Dorothea Bender [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10971221?utm_medium=rss A lot of literature that I use has been moved to a warehouse... It takes between 7 and 14(!) days until they are ready for pick up. Why, if they are on campus? Even worse, if a journal (obviously not high in demand, if it sits in a warehouse) is requested, I still have to return it as if it were a high use item.

]]> Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:17:04 UTC 10971221 Mr Mark Mayhew [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970586?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:17:58 UTC 10970586 MS Claire Reymond [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970571?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:10:00 UTC 10970571 Miss Joanna Stead [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970563?utm_medium=rss I think there has been massive oversight and negligence demonstrated in the recent restructuring and reorganisation of the science library facilities, specifically the discard of certain Paleo journals of which there are no other copies within Australia.

]]> Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:06:39 UTC 10970563 Ms Judith Keyse [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970404?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:20:45 UTC 10970404 Mr Adrian Guttteridge [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970334?utm_medium=rss An underlying principle of a University is education. Without books knowledge is lost. Without knowledge, the university is a lame duck.

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:37:22 UTC 10970334 Mr C. Glen [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970331?utm_medium=rss I am a lecturer with high impact factor publication in the field of vertebrate palaeontology.

There are numerous researchers here at UQ that work in this field (we are dispersed in numerous faculties, schools or institutes) and quite often have high impact publications with high public interest. This field relies on a lot of literture that would appear to be old & obscure which has not been digitised. (e.g. detailed images in original descriptions very important, not often republished elswhere)

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:36:29 UTC 10970331 Carlos Bustamante [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970326?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:29:24 UTC 10970326 Miss Lydie Couturier [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970324?utm_medium=rss It is inadmissible and shameful to throw away precious knowledge in that sneaky way

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:26:40 UTC 10970324 Miss Marie Mauffrey [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970319?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:24:34 UTC 10970319 Mr Richard Brackin [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970258?utm_medium=rss The quality and size of the library holdings within Biological Sciences at UQ was a major part in my decision to undertake RHD studies here. I am very disappointed with the decrease in resource availability since the closure of the dedicated Biological Sciences Library.

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:49:57 UTC 10970258 Ms Bonnie Holmes [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970255?utm_medium=rss Absolutely disgusted about what has been done to the biological sciences library. It is no longer a library and should not be referred to as such. If the students had asked for more 'meeting/communal' space, then appropriate space should have been developed elsewhere OUT of the libraries.

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:45:47 UTC 10970255 Mr Anonymous [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970254?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:45:36 UTC 10970254 Mr James Ingham [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970232?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:33:39 UTC 10970232 Ms Jessie Wells [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970230?utm_medium=rss It is disappointing that UQ found resources to put into major structural changes and creating new facilities, but did not direct even the small amounts of time or funding required to ensure that academics and students were consulted and that existing resources were not wasted.

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:33:14 UTC 10970230 mr Thomas Richards [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970109?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:37:16 UTC 10970109 Mr Robert Edwards [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970104?utm_medium=rss This action has destroyed material that was unique not only to UQ but in many cases, to Australia. This has the potential to retard high-quality scientific research at UQ and other institutions, as well as embarassing the university.

]]> Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:35:14 UTC 10970104 Dr Brian Beck [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970096?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:31:32 UTC 10970096 Mr Matt Herne [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970063?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:09:29 UTC 10970063 Ms Caitlin Syme [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10970047?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Aug 2011 09:02:16 UTC 10970047 Mr Darryl Greensill [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10948682?utm_medium=rss No book should ever be pulped without being scanned first! Storing them off-site would have been far preferable.

]]> Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:04:25 UTC 10948682 Mr Jonathan Chappell [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10945635?utm_medium=rss I am appalled at the way this matter was handled. So much waste of information without need. I thought Universities were meant to be responsible in the way they act towards, and care for the work and information they hold. Would it have been so hard to give notice of these actions so an alternative could be found? Wake up UQ

]]> Wed, 3 Aug 2011 06:17:36 UTC 10945635 Mr Jay Nair [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10944618?utm_medium=rss I'm a student palaeontologist. For my research areas, which i have been engaged in for best part of 10 years, UQ used to house one of the comprehensive collections of reference materials I could consult. Many of items were not available elsewhere or digitally. For many old tomes, occasional digital copies that are available are simply no substitute, often being poor copies that don't convey essential information from original images. The library is now useless without these rare & valuable items

]]> Wed, 3 Aug 2011 02:06:11 UTC 10944618 Jeffrey Hanson [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10944200?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:46:00 UTC 10944200 Mr Edward White [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10943839?utm_medium=rss A school of biology without a dedicated library is hardly a world-class educational facility. The biological sciences are an integral part of science at UQ, attracting world-class academics, producing highly cited publications and producing a large part of UQ's research revenue from both government grants and industry partnerships. The destruction of the Biological Sciences Library is a disgrace! All those involved in the decision should be ashamed. Biology will never be the same again at UQ.

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